THE GULF WAR : Business: Tourism

America’s TOURISM INDUSTRY IS DOWN--hit doubly by war and recession. Weekend gamblers are staying away from Las Vegas. In North Carolina, attendance is off at the Wright Brothers National Monument on the Outer Banks. The Convention & Visitors Bureau in New York reports that Japanese tour groups are scrapping plans to visit. There’s even been a falloff of about 20% in buses taking senior citizens to Niagara Falls. In many cases, travel agents, hotels and restaurants aren’t exactly sure what to blame. Says one travel official: “It’s kind of hard to go out to the traveler and say, ‘Why aren’t you traveling? Is it fear or is it money?’ It may be a combination.”